What is the Sharia ruling regarding a husband who divorced his wife multiple times in absentia, seized her dower-related possessions (qa'imat manqoolatiha), and refused to financially support their daughter, claiming that what he possesses from these dower-related possessions is equivalent to the customary dower (mahr al-mithl) he paid?

If the husband agrees with the wife's father that the dowry should be the furnishing of the marital home, there is no harm in that. The furnishings become the wife's property after consummation, and the husband's sale of them is invalid.

As for an agreement between the husband and the wife's father after the second divorce, if the reconciliation (raj'ah) occurs before the final separation (bainunah), then the reconciliation is the husband's right and does not depend on the woman's or her guardian's consent. However, the wife or her guardian has the right to demand from the husband the value of the furnishings he sold.

If the reconciliation occurs after the final separation (bainunah), then the agreed-upon amount is a new dowry and a debt owed by him, in addition to the value of the previous furnishings.

The husband must provide for his daughter as long as she is young and has no wealth. The party that resolves these disputes is the Sharia court.